Baljeet Sethi, MD
Neurology · Waldorf, MDNPI 1316972482
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 215 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 35 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,017 and has fallen 98.9% since, to $23 in 2025.
Across 215 payments — averaging $24.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$783
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$585
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$468
- AbbVie$379
- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc$342
- UCB, Inc.$333
- plus $2K from 29 others
Across 19 payments — averaging $4922.98 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- SK Life Science, Inc.$58K
- Novartis$25K
- UCB Biosciences Inc.$5K
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$3K
- UCB SA$2K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,365100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 38 | $783 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 39 | $585 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 11 | $468 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 13 | $379 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $342 |
| UCB, Inc. | 14 | $333 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 8 | $245 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $214 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 14 | $183 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $173 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 6 | $151 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 4 | $146 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $144 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $140 |
| Biogen | 6 | $120 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 4 | $119 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $109 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $73 |
| Neuronetics, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $54 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $48 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $40 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $23 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $13 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$5,365 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 442 neurology providers in Maryland.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Topiramate | 11 | $469 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $181 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate | $13 | $46911 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 65th percentile of 442 neurology providers in Maryland.
Other neurology in Waldorf
- Daniel BeckerLutherville$1.6M
- Sangjin OhGlen Burnie$1.5M
- Pavel KleinBethesda$709K
- Ruwani GunawardaneFulton$479K
- Michael PolydefkisBaltimore$371K
- David CornblathLutherville$345K
- Shiv SaidhaBaltimore$298K
- Santiago Mazuera MesiaBaltimore$258K
- Bruce RabinLutherville$228K
- Thomas CrawfordBaltimore$215K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.